Kotarou meets Chihaya's butler, Sakuya Ohtori, who immediately dislikes him. The occult research society searches for a tsuchinoko reportedly spotted on campus, but it turns out to be a hoax. During lunch, Sizuru shows Kotarou that she wears an eyepatch to cover her golden-colored right eye. While walking home that night, Kotarou sees the girl with the red ribbons being chased by a large dog. He uses his Rewrite ability to make himself faster, but loses sight of them only to meet a menacing man who summons another large dog to chase after Kotarou. He glimpses a man killing the dog before passing out and later wakes up at a ramen stand thanks to two men who found him in the park. There, he meets Sizuru who is a regular at the stand. Kotarou tells her what happened and even shows her a scar on his hand from the incident, but after taking his hand in hers, Sizuru points out that he does not have a scar.